CMNS 262 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Vancouver Art Gallery, Alert Bay, Intuit
16 Jul 2016
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Museums: 1500s + cabinet of curiosities ; microcosm of the world. Very personalized personal collections: 1800s anthropology (science & colonization); began collecting things about another society"s culture, 1900s museums became about public education & citizenship. Community run museums (simpson) & community histories (compton: mainstream museums. When the less powerful subjects are placed in museums they"re often misrepresented based on ideological representations: 1970s, social movements, protests. Community museums began to be established because mainstream museums either didn"t capture them or misrepresented them: a lot of projects are inclusive. Community museums: serve & represent community, preserve & share history, counter balance mainstream, from their perspective, relations, it"s about building relations and ensuring older generations share their history with older generations. Kwakwaka"wakw first nation in alert bay: were the first to tell britain museums that they wanted their artifacts back. You must depict whether the artifact is a conservative view point of the artifact or critical.
